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BUILD-A-FLOWER FLOURISHING ZINNIA

This new set features a flourishing zinnia elegant flower with five layering pieces to achieve a beautiful, detailed result. Zinnias come in a variety of colors so you can pick your favorite Altenew inks from pinks, reds, and purples, to greens, yellows, and oranges. In addition to the main flower, you can use the layered leaf image to complement your design and an encouraging sentiment to finish your card.

This special product is only sold as a set, not individually.

PROJECT

When I started making a card I wanted it to be a fall card. So I went to yellow inks to stamp the flower.

So I stamped the flower using yellow inks from Pocketful Of Sunshine Dye Ink Set and Jet Black for the flower center. I also stamped the leaves using Evergreen, Forest Glades and Frayed Leaf Dye Inks.

When it came to choosing the background I went through the ready to go backgrounds in my stash (in other words – created for another project but never made it into a project and saved for later) and found a blue one. Made by blending Ocean Waves Dye Ink onto a white panel.

Then I made a die-cut of Layered Medallions Cover Die B out of white cardstock to place between the flower and blue panel. But I didn’t like how it look. So before discarding this idea I decided to trim the outer part of the die cut (also known as a die-cut haircut :)) And in this shape it worked for me.

After that I foam mounter the panel onto a white card base, foam mounted the medallion die-cut onto the panel, followed by adhering the flower onto the medallion.

The sentiment, white embossed on black cardstock and mounted onto the card finished it off.

PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to six lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win. Three winners will be announced on the Card Blog, and other three winners will be announced on the Scrapbook Blog on 10/9/2018.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $20 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by 10/6/2018 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on 10/7/2018.

SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Studio Katia (SK), Altenew (AN), Ellen Hutson (EH), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

Nelya

Beverly Sizemore

October 1, 2018

Your zinnia card is so pretty and colorful. I grew ten large pots of zinnias in my yard this summer from seed packets. There were easy to grow and made the prettiest fresh flower bouquets for our home (and to share with friends). Another added bonus is they attracted butterflies so win win. 🙂 Needless to say I have added this set to my want list….it needs to come live with me! Stamping zinnias would be almost as much fun as growing them! ha-ha Plus I could have them in the winter months!!! 😉

,Mary Holshouser

Annalisa

October 5, 2018

I did not recognize the background with its new haircut, but I really like how it turned out. I don’t have a die cut machine, but I’ll have to try a similar concept with my stencils. The bright yellow on the bright blue is so fun and happy; your card makes me smile looking at it. Thanks for sharing!